Niagara County Genealogical Society

09/08/2025

Long overdue for a local hero. If you’re local, please attend! His regiments story is at this link - https://civilwarintheeast.com/us-regiments-batteries/new-york-regiments-and-batteries/116th-new-york/

09/01/2025

If you're a local, this looks like a great program! 🌳

On September 3rd (Wednesday) at 7PM Jim Boles will discuss "Niagara County Poorhouses" at the Museum (located at the intersection of Lower Mt. Road & 425). These institutions go back almost 200 years. Learn how our local government in the past tried to help their destitute people that included the elderly, orphans, disabled, mentally ill, and sick - don't we face the same challenges today?
Jim's research interests include early care and healing, and local history with a focus on Western New York. Boles has a strong interest in preserving the area’s history and promoting cultural tourism.

08/22/2025

Did you catch our amazing President, Jeanette Sheliga on WNY Tonight this week? 🌟

08/15/2025

Big event happening tomorrow Saturday the 16th at the Historical Society, so we decided to close the library as it will be hard to get parked close. Sorry for any inconvenience.

08/01/2025

Do you recognize any of your ancestors? 🌳

Can you help us identify the other women in this photograph and the organization they are affiliated with (possibly Eastern Star - the Masonic women’s auxiliary)? We know that the tallest lady, wearing stars and stripes, is Ella Buffin Waterbury, and that the photograph was taken some time during the early to mid 1900s in Lockport, NY.

07/31/2025

The library will be closed tomorrow 8/1 due to the History Center being closed. Sorry for any inconvenience. Also, on Saturday 8/2 we are open by appointment only. Email us at info@niagaragenealogy.org for an appointment. Thank you.

07/31/2025

Exciting!

07/22/2025

Anyone in and around the Town of Pendleton, NY , the Town or The City of Lockport , or the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor : Join us for Genealogy Research: Free NYS Online Resources on Thursday, August 07, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM in the Community Meeting Room!

Learn about navigating and exploring different free sites including NYS Archives, NYS Historic Newspapers, New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, and NY Heritage. The variety of digital collections at these sites can help tell the stories of your ancestors. Presented by Jeanette Sheliga of Jeanette's Genealogy .

Free and open to the public. Registration is not required.

Summer Reading at the Lockport Public Library is sponsored by M&T Bank.

07/17/2025

Make sure you check our calendar on our web site: www.niagaragenealogy.org to make sure we are staffed for the day. Thank you!

The Niagara County Genealogical Society (NCGS) is an all-volunteer organization created in January 1979 to advance the study of genealogy. We are chartered by the NY Board of Regents as a non-profit educational group. Whether your ancestors settled in Niagara County or used it as a stopping-off plac...

07/09/2025

If you're local, join our society president, Jeanette Sheliga, for this free program! 🌳

Anyone in and around the Town of Pendleton, NY , the Town or The City of Lockport , or the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor : Join us for Genealogy Research: Free NYS Online Resources on Thursday, August 07, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM in the Community Meeting Room!

Learn about navigating and exploring different free sites including NYS Archives, NYS Historic Newspapers, New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, and NY Heritage. The variety of digital collections at these sites can help tell the stories of your ancestors. Presented by Jeanette Sheliga of Jeanette's Genealogy .

Free and open to the public. Registration is not required.

Summer Reading at the Lockport Public Library is sponsored by M&T Bank.

07/04/2025

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸